Improved Meteorological Packages (IMET)

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General Information

Exchanges of heat, gas and
water across the air-sea interface couple the ocean and atmosphere
in a dynamic system that creates and drives the planet's global climate.
To understand this system's role in climate change, scientists have
designed an array of buoy-based sensors that measure sea surface temperature,
air temperature, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, solar
and long-wave radiation, humidity, precipitation, and levels of aerosols
such as ozone. These measurements permit increasingly accurate estimates
of air-sea fluxes. The sensor packages include the capability to telemeter
some data on a regular basis via satellite to a central data facility

Technical Information

Advantages:
Can measure a variety of meteorological parameters
Very accurate

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